2016 Task

2016 REU task: Thinking about data

This page is part of the 2016 REU application; it will help us understand how you approach an open-ended problem. You can download this entire problem here as a pdf file: 2016_reu_task.pdf. Please enter your reponse at the application web site.

You have received 75 medicine capsules (sample picture shown) collected in Leogane by a collaborator. As a first step in evaluating these samples, you open up each capsule, tip out the powder, and weigh it; the sample numbers and weights are recorded in a list below.

Analyze the information about the pills any way you like. Explain what you did and what you learned.